Portfolios: Assessment Resource Kit

Margaret Forster, Geoff N Masters

Research output: Book/ReportBook

Abstract

Portfolios are sources of evidence for judgements of student achievement in a range of contexts, from classroom monitoring of student performance to high-stakes summative assessment. All portfolios, whatever their purpose, contain 'pieces of evidence'. The more relevant the evidence, the more useful it is for inferring a student's level of achievement in a learning area. This issue on portfolios in the Assessment Resource Kit (ARK) magazine series contains five articles: 1. Different portfolios for different purposes; 2. Working portfolios; 3. Documentary portfolios; 4. Show portfolios; 5. Designing portfolio assessments.

Original languageEnglish
PublisherAustralian Council for Educational Research
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 1996
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Admission (School)
  • Assessment portfolios
  • Experiential learning
  • Portfolios (Background materials)
  • Program development
  • Reporting (Student achievement)
  • Student assessment

Disciplines

  • Educational Assessment, Evaluation, and Research
  • Teacher Education and Professional Development

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